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[SinglePic not found]Bernie Ecclestone has admitted Formula One must for now live with its current set of rules. After the processional Bahrain grand prix, there has been widespread criticism of the current rulebook and calls for immediate changes.

Ecclestone has proposed that external engineers in future pen the regulations, and is also pushing again his controversial proposal for circuit ’short cuts’. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]India will be on next year’s Formula One calendar, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told the FIA.

India’s debut was cast into doubt last year when the country’s sports ministry rejected a request by promoters JPSK Sports to pay £24.27 million in foreign currency to Ecclestone’s British-based Formula One Administration. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]Bernie Ecclestone has said the budgets the new Formula One teams are working with are not sufficient to allow them to have a chance of being competitive.

Virgin and HRT drew up their business plans on the assumption there would be a £40 million budget cap but after the leading teams threatened a breakaway, the FIA climbed down. Lotus, who were admitted later on in the year, are also believed to have drawn up financial plans based on the cap being in place. Read the rest of this entry »

Jenson Button is against Bernie Ecclestone’s idea to introduce shortcuts at grand prix to spice up the racing.

Ecclestone wants to see cut-throughs at circuits that drivers could use five times per race to gain track position. “You wouldn’t get stuck behind a slower car,” he explained last week. “It would be great for TV. Read the rest of this entry »

Bernie Ecclestone has again warned that he believes at least two of Formula One’s new teams are not likely to make their debuts as scheduled in March.

After he made similar comments last month the US F1 and Campos entries insisted their campaigns were on track, but Ecclestone remains unconvinced. Read the rest of this entry »

BERLIN — Formula One commercial rights boss Bernie Ecclestone said Tuesday he believes German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel rather than compatriot Michael Schumacher could be the next world champion.
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Bernie Ecclestone has backed Michael Schumacher for the 2010 championship after the German announced his return to Formula One earlier this week.

Mercedes confirmed Schumacher’s comeback on Wednesday, which will see him paired with Nico Rosberg in an all-German team. In an interview with Formula One’s official website, Ecclestone was confident Schumacher would be a threat for the title.
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Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed he has signed a seven-year deal for a street race in Rome which is likely to start in 2012.

The contract has an option for a further five years and Ecclestone boasted about the track layout in The Times, explaining it will take cars close to the Vatican. “Every time there is an overtaking manoeuvre, we’re going to put the black smoke up.”
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